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we are in the appellate court room of the law school at marquette university. i'm the host of the statewide public affairs program. the rules are simple. the candidates have jaundice for a conversation about the level of government in our lives. we have asked them to stay on point. the candidates can talk to one another but i will be managing the time is spent on a particular topic. we will have the freedom to move the conversation along. each candidate will have a closing statement along with the 90 statements. -- 90 seconds. there are no opening statements. we flipped a coin. we will begin with night -- tonight with tammy baldwin. i will ask the both the same kind of question. about your portrayal in this campaign. you haven't portrayed as an extreme liberal -- have been portrayed as an extreme liberal. the national journal said you have either one of the most were the most liberal voting records in the house. the late george mcgovern said he was a proud liberal. what are you willing to embrace that definition? >> in wisconsin, we have a tradition of progress
we are in the appellate court room of the law school at marquette university. i'm the host of the statewide public affairs program. the rules are simple. the candidates have jaundice for a conversation about the level of government in our lives. we have asked them to stay on point. the candidates can talk to one another but i will be managing the time is spent on a particular topic. we will have the freedom to move the conversation along. each candidate will have a closing statement along with...
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eliminating loopholes of our tax laws. i am proposing in my blueprint a 20% tax, much lower than the world 25%. that would create new jobs a year. another way to get revenues -- if we did that, throughout virginia, there would be hundreds of thousands of jobs created, we would have more affordable fuel and food and electricity, and the federal government would get over $1 trillion in revenues without raising taxes. that is the plan that will get america moving in the right direction. >> i let you go over but you did not answer the question. we have to have a balanced approach for dealing with the budget. you cannot get balance through in balance. -- imbalance. george's approach is to close it as follows. make all the bush tax cut permanent, even for the wealthiest. now it is getting bigger. then, close the tax all through cuts. if you have to have that big a gap, you will cut deeply into priorities that matter. i have a different approach. let the books -- pushed tax cuts expire. -- bush tax cuts expire. if you do that, yo
eliminating loopholes of our tax laws. i am proposing in my blueprint a 20% tax, much lower than the world 25%. that would create new jobs a year. another way to get revenues -- if we did that, throughout virginia, there would be hundreds of thousands of jobs created, we would have more affordable fuel and food and electricity, and the federal government would get over $1 trillion in revenues without raising taxes. that is the plan that will get america moving in the right direction. >> i...
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we follow the law. america is a nation of laws of. first, we have to clean up our laws that have to do with immigration. at the same time, we cannot allow the president authority to impose a law that has not been passed by congress. that is what happened with the dream act of. the situation with immigration is one where we have to allow different states to be able to enforce our own laws. what that federal government has not been enforcing immigration laws. you see a crisis on the border. they had even gone to this fast and furious idea of giving high-powered rifles and two drug dealers as people are doing here in trafficking across our borders. somehow we do not have the backbone in the senate and administration to even enforce our laws. if you are a nation of laws, you have to enforce the law. i am sympathetic to people coming to this country, but it has to be done in an orderly and legal process. businesses should not be hiring illegals. we need to do a check on that, which has been closed down. >> our second question from the audi
we follow the law. america is a nation of laws of. first, we have to clean up our laws that have to do with immigration. at the same time, we cannot allow the president authority to impose a law that has not been passed by congress. that is what happened with the dream act of. the situation with immigration is one where we have to allow different states to be able to enforce our own laws. what that federal government has not been enforcing immigration laws. you see a crisis on the border. they...
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i do not think the law is changing anytime soon. the way you change things is change the hearts and minds of the population. we are worlds away from that. we get bogged down in talking about exceptions to rules. we get uaway from the primary question we are worried about. that is 23 people -- 23 million people out of work. i am socially conservative, but i talk about economic issues because i think it is important to the country and what unites a lot of us. it does not divide us. talking about the debt and the budget and unemployment are things that everyone is concerned with and everybody should be on the same side of those issues. >> let me go back to susan ferrechio comment about the races you are supporting. can todd akin win the missouri senate race? >> i think he can win. missouri voted 70% in a referendum against obamacare. i think the president has stopped campaigning there. i did not think many people are listing it as a battleground state. missouri has become more conservative and more republican. he has a chance. >> susan
i do not think the law is changing anytime soon. the way you change things is change the hearts and minds of the population. we are worlds away from that. we get bogged down in talking about exceptions to rules. we get uaway from the primary question we are worried about. that is 23 people -- 23 million people out of work. i am socially conservative, but i talk about economic issues because i think it is important to the country and what unites a lot of us. it does not divide us. talking about...
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one of the things i was most proud to do and accomplish was to change campaign finance law. something like the disclose act, which -- the system is broken. it is broken like a broken arm. it is not terminal, but we need to fix it and i would like to be part of that. there is way too much money in politics. when i see these ads on tv i am seeing them for the first time. these are not organizations that i am connected with. in terms of the advertising. >> mr. king, i have a question about taxes. let's say in 2013 you are appointed tax czar to establish u.s. tax policy. what would you do? >> i have opposed the czars, but it would be a tempting appointment -- the first thing i would do is make the bush tax brackets permanent so there is long-term predictability. then i would go to work to sell to the public the idea that, as ronald reagan said, the federal government has the first lien on productivity and punishes production -- we remove all taxes off of production and put them on consumption. we can transform this policy. that is a piece i have gone around and talked about. i'v
one of the things i was most proud to do and accomplish was to change campaign finance law. something like the disclose act, which -- the system is broken. it is broken like a broken arm. it is not terminal, but we need to fix it and i would like to be part of that. there is way too much money in politics. when i see these ads on tv i am seeing them for the first time. these are not organizations that i am connected with. in terms of the advertising. >> mr. king, i have a question about...
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there are other issue that's impacts society and one of them is gun laws. the question i asked, i -- you say you support reasonable gun laws, how about a ban on assault weapon? >> it was not renewed, there was a thought it wasn't working. i worked with michael bloomberg. we look at the gun violence in new york city and what they've been able to do. certainly i support trying to make sure that we close the gun loopholes. making sure we're looking at background checks and making sure they're happening effectively and efficiently. >> this is again a difference. i do believe we need to reinstate assault weapon ban. we seeing too much violence in our city. we need to reinstate weapon ban expired in 2004. this makes our cities more dangerous. you talk about it but you're not willing to put the action behind it. this is what you've done in congress. when you vote for the ryan plan, when you voted against women's right, you vote against the environment -- >> i didn't vote against women's rights. i stood up for gun control. >> you voted against planned parenthood. >
there are other issue that's impacts society and one of them is gun laws. the question i asked, i -- you say you support reasonable gun laws, how about a ban on assault weapon? >> it was not renewed, there was a thought it wasn't working. i worked with michael bloomberg. we look at the gun violence in new york city and what they've been able to do. certainly i support trying to make sure that we close the gun loopholes. making sure we're looking at background checks and making sure...
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the massachusetts legislature passed a law saying you could not do that, and he vetoed that law. do not tell me this is just his business philosophy. this is his philosophy. we have seen this movie before. we know how it ends when you have massive cuts for the wealthy and let banks make the judgments again. we know how events -- 9 million lost jobs, $16 trillion in home equity and retirement plans evaporated for the middle class, and the great recession of 2008. that is how it ended. the american people will not go back. we will not go back. folks, instead of romney and ryan signing their pledge to a guy named grover norquist to cut taxes for the very wealthy, they should be signing a pledge to the middle class people of america that they will level the playing field, that they will do right by the american people, they will give them a fair shot again. that is the pledge we have signed from the beginning. we have a different way forward. we will focus the second term on the continuation of what we have done to create secure middle-class jobs because we believe the only way ameri
the massachusetts legislature passed a law saying you could not do that, and he vetoed that law. do not tell me this is just his business philosophy. this is his philosophy. we have seen this movie before. we know how it ends when you have massive cuts for the wealthy and let banks make the judgments again. we know how events -- 9 million lost jobs, $16 trillion in home equity and retirement plans evaporated for the middle class, and the great recession of 2008. that is how it ended. the...
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but the law did not change, still had not changed. it is only after she starts a petition on the site and embarrasses enterprise, and is going to be on the today show, that enterprise changes the policy. that is not controversial. , the order of magnitude more than you see. >> as you say, you have evolved from the broad global to the more specific and local. but i have seen you say something to the effect that we want to move from moments to movements. and comfortable with where you are? >> the more tangible, the more narrow, the bigger the impact you can have. is that where you envision this in seven years? or would you be disappointed if you are not making the circle back to figuring out how to influence broader issues? >> we look at the to the tree -- trajectory of social movements. you and upstarting small. lbj, and the context of no organizers, passes the civil rights act. you refused to sit in the back of the bus. you went incrementally, from families to cities to country. that is the kind of tools we want to build, to start a f
but the law did not change, still had not changed. it is only after she starts a petition on the site and embarrasses enterprise, and is going to be on the today show, that enterprise changes the policy. that is not controversial. , the order of magnitude more than you see. >> as you say, you have evolved from the broad global to the more specific and local. but i have seen you say something to the effect that we want to move from moments to movements. and comfortable with where you are?...
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my mother-in-law joked that was convenient. if anything went wrong we could wheel him straight on into the church. but he's doing very well. they're both doing really great and we treasure our time with them. general na is going every month to get video footage of her grandparents and telling stories and she wants to have that both for his library but also just for her and all of the family to have this footage of them because they're so terrific. now let's g get to what we're really here for which is to thank you all very very much and to encourage you to keep working every single day, keep going door to door and making those phone calls and make sure all of those people you contacted turn out to vote on november 6. it's really really important that we have the ground game that wins which and i think you all have set it up so that's what we'll have in michigan and i want to thank you all for that very much. i've been with ann romney lately. we did a reception together in oklahoma city and she is so terrific. and i think everyo
my mother-in-law joked that was convenient. if anything went wrong we could wheel him straight on into the church. but he's doing very well. they're both doing really great and we treasure our time with them. general na is going every month to get video footage of her grandparents and telling stories and she wants to have that both for his library but also just for her and all of the family to have this footage of them because they're so terrific. now let's g get to what we're really here for...
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it is in the federal law. if, god forbid, we had a real problem with hurricane sandy hitting the northeast, the emergency procedures in our constitution said the state legislature then would elect or nominate the electors to the electoral college. if we cannot run an election for some reason, we still have a backup plan in place in that eventuality. each state has a slate and when you vote for president, you're not voting for president, you are voting for the slate of electors. these people are going to vote for who they think is best to be president. each state gets a number of electors equal to the number of representatives plus the number of senators which is true for each state. those people are elected on election day. they don't actually come together. they mail it in. it is early voting with them as well. they select the winner. in the event of a tie, in the electoral college, we go to the congress and the procedures there where each state votes as a unit as to who they think is going to -- who they wou
it is in the federal law. if, god forbid, we had a real problem with hurricane sandy hitting the northeast, the emergency procedures in our constitution said the state legislature then would elect or nominate the electors to the electoral college. if we cannot run an election for some reason, we still have a backup plan in place in that eventuality. each state has a slate and when you vote for president, you're not voting for president, you are voting for the slate of electors. these people are...
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the affordable care act act is a tax law. there are 24 new taxes. we find out the individual mandate is a tax. we have financial transaction taxes, medical device texas -- these things were created for people to be able to earmark their income and it is now taxed. you also get 16,000 to irs agents that will be monitoring electronic records. that is not how we repair health care. i wrote an op-ed piece talking about free market solutions. one of those key things is tort reform. talk to any doctor, catastrophic litigation is their biggest problem. >> congressman, you're not being honest. when you voted for the ryan plan, you voted to take $716 billion. i've never been in congress. let's be clear. this is future savings under the democratic version. they found waste, inefficiency and fraud, over-payments to insurance companies they are getting back to seniors through annual treating and closing down the hall. the difference here is -- closing the doughnut hole. the difference here is paul ryan top the seven and $16 billion was a good idea -- thought th
the affordable care act act is a tax law. there are 24 new taxes. we find out the individual mandate is a tax. we have financial transaction taxes, medical device texas -- these things were created for people to be able to earmark their income and it is now taxed. you also get 16,000 to irs agents that will be monitoring electronic records. that is not how we repair health care. i wrote an op-ed piece talking about free market solutions. one of those key things is tort reform. talk to any...
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jobs in the economy. >> one of them is done laws. you say you support reasonable gun laws. how about a federal ban on assault weapons? to go this ended and was not renewed because there was a thought it was not working. certainly we have to look at other ways to reduce gun violence. i work with mayor bloomberg and mayor's against illegal guns. we look at the gun violence in new york city and what they have been able to do. certainly i support trying to make sure we close the gun the whole loop loss. look at back round checks to make sure that happen more efficiently and effectively. i am pleased to say the illinois council on gun violence will be giving the award in september. -- in december. >> we are seeing too much violence happening in our cities, communities. we need to reinstate the weapons ban that expired in 2004. we need to be and large-scale magazines that allows someone to go into a theater in pilaf 30 rounds in a minute. you talk about it but are not willing to put action behind it. this is what you've done in congress. when you vote against the environment. >>
jobs in the economy. >> one of them is done laws. you say you support reasonable gun laws. how about a federal ban on assault weapons? to go this ended and was not renewed because there was a thought it was not working. certainly we have to look at other ways to reduce gun violence. i work with mayor bloomberg and mayor's against illegal guns. we look at the gun violence in new york city and what they have been able to do. certainly i support trying to make sure we close the gun the whole...
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>> good luck implementing that law. is a great question. something journalists and tijuana struggle with all the time with the rise of social media and websites a lot of you have heard about -- including one which started out as a compendium of information about basically narco turf wars, shootings in the streets, the headings. it started off as a visual wallpaper and has since become interesting, more sophisticated, and is beginning to write articles and put -- and the editor is anonymous, but they are beginning to publish pieces. this thing that was touted early on as being a kind of innovative or new information delivery system is now turning into a more traditional journalistic entity. the journalist would say, that is great that the information is there, and the kind of iphone video or man on the street, so called man on the street video of any event can be uploaded quickly, but who is providing context and analysis? not that we always need to rely on experts, but if you are writing for a weekly, that really gives you a totally differe
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school because i believe as deeply as one can believe it until the rule of law. and justice. the fact that our system of justice can provide for everyone. what we have seen through the bush years and now with president obama has been so absolutely subversive and anti- american. there has been no more anti american act in our history than the ndaa. president obama, in 2009, he asked for the power to indefinitely detained people without charges, without a trial, without legal assistance, and without the right to habeas corpus. we are on the road toward totalitarianism and that is not an exaggeration. [applause] this one person -- if one person can be determined against whom and under what conditions law passed by congress and our constitution are going to be applied, that spells tyranny. it is the very definition of tyranny. what happened when president obama came into office? he said about our international treaties and our own domestic laws, absolutely forbidding torture, let's forget about those war crimes and move forward and not move backward. what about those
school because i believe as deeply as one can believe it until the rule of law. and justice. the fact that our system of justice can provide for everyone. what we have seen through the bush years and now with president obama has been so absolutely subversive and anti- american. there has been no more anti american act in our history than the ndaa. president obama, in 2009, he asked for the power to indefinitely detained people without charges, without a trial, without legal assistance, and...
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one is he does have this of the cloud surrounding his brothers in law, his wife served time for some of her misconduct. i think that cloud is part of the problem. the other challenge is he is facing an openly gay republican he was not feasible tied to the tea party label. it is tough to say use an extreme conservative when he is an openly gay republican. they have run a good campaign. i think it would be a surprise if he comes back to congress. >> the rematch. >> new hampshire one. new hampshire, if you are only going to what one state and the most bang for your buck, new hampshire is the place to go because it is a presidential battleground. but congressional districts are tossups. the first district in second district were charlie bass is trying to hang on, and an open governor's race as well. right now the congressional races are tossups. i would not be surprised if porter came back to congress. >> what about pennsylvania 12? >> pennsylvania it is shocking we're not talking about more competitive races. in western pennsylvania the congressman is markers. he won a member verses mem
one is he does have this of the cloud surrounding his brothers in law, his wife served time for some of her misconduct. i think that cloud is part of the problem. the other challenge is he is facing an openly gay republican he was not feasible tied to the tea party label. it is tough to say use an extreme conservative when he is an openly gay republican. they have run a good campaign. i think it would be a surprise if he comes back to congress. >> the rematch. >> new hampshire one....
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law. prayers as you move through this season of sorrow. and of grief. thank you for sharing george breathes with you. profoundly george stanley mcgovern as a son an example of our heritage, i each of you for coming celebrate and honor senator mcgovern's life and witness. to share the mcgovern family's brief. to political colleague, a trusted mentor -- [no audio] and prairie form them to embrace common person and to tirelessly worked for the common good. george mcgovern was also a prairie prophet. he called and inspired an generation to do justice, to love mercy and to walk with our god. he focused the world's on the plight of the hungry. fought for peace. he called on us to repent a misguided, wasteful, and selfish to seeking and speaking the truth. articulate it in his hometown to and not in nazareth to preach the good news to the poor, to be prisoners, to give sight to the blind and to proclaim the year of the lord's savior. we can learn much from jesus' experience in bringing good to th
law. prayers as you move through this season of sorrow. and of grief. thank you for sharing george breathes with you. profoundly george stanley mcgovern as a son an example of our heritage, i each of you for coming celebrate and honor senator mcgovern's life and witness. to share the mcgovern family's brief. to political colleague, a trusted mentor -- [no audio] and prairie form them to embrace common person and to tirelessly worked for the common good. george mcgovern was also a prairie...
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>> good luck implementing that law. is a great question. something journalists and tijuana struggle with all the time with the rise of social media and websites a lot of you have heard about -- including one which started out as a compendium of information about basically narco turf wars, shootings in the streets, the headings. it started off as a visual wallpaper and has since become interesting, more sophisticated, and is beginning to write articles and put -- and the editor is anonymous, but they are beginning to publish pieces. this thing that was touted early on as being a kind of innovative or new information delivery system is now turning into a more traditional journalistic entity. the journalist would say, that is great that the information is there, and the kind of iphone video or man on the street, so called man on the street video of any event can be uploaded quickly, but who is providing context and analysis? not that we always need to rely on experts, but if you are writing for a weekly, that really gives you a totally differe
>> good luck implementing that law. is a great question. something journalists and tijuana struggle with all the time with the rise of social media and websites a lot of you have heard about -- including one which started out as a compendium of information about basically narco turf wars, shootings in the streets, the headings. it started off as a visual wallpaper and has since become interesting, more sophisticated, and is beginning to write articles and put -- and the editor is...
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they would have government guarantees, within the bankruptcy law. it would look exactly the way it does today and i think it would be in better shape and created more jobs. that is an opinion and nobody will be able to dispute or advocate because we will never know. the fact of the matter is, the government has an investment in general motors in stocks today. for that government to ever recover that money, the stock prices will have to go up between $55.60 dollars. that is probably not going to happen. to missouri on the republican line. waiting to talk with the republican. at the party chairman in ohio. >> i have facts and figures for the american people, they seem to forget what has happened in our past. obama claims that the democrats took control january 22, 2009. the democrats took control january 3 of 2007, of the congress of the senate. under the bush economy, 4.6% in gdp was 3.5% and 52 straight months of job growth. i am tired of obama claiming that he has inherited such a pathetic economy, blaming everything on the republicans. the head of
they would have government guarantees, within the bankruptcy law. it would look exactly the way it does today and i think it would be in better shape and created more jobs. that is an opinion and nobody will be able to dispute or advocate because we will never know. the fact of the matter is, the government has an investment in general motors in stocks today. for that government to ever recover that money, the stock prices will have to go up between $55.60 dollars. that is probably not going to...
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supports terrorism, which is pursuing a nuclear weapons program contrary to international norms and laws. so when the u.s. is negativing with iran, i think we should keep that in mind. and i don't think the united states officially wants to implode the iranian government or have the iranian government collapse or have the iranian government capitulate. i think our goals are pretty well combined. we want iran to stop enriching uranium to a higher degree that can be used for a nuclear weapon, period. i think that's very achievable. part of the problem is, their supreme leader is inflexible. and there are indications that his advisors, including within the revolutionary guard, are not happy with him. he's been criticized even publicly for his decisions and style of rule. when we look at the islamic republic, this is not different from other regimes that have been overthrown in the middle east. it is corrupt. it denies people basic rights, social, political, and economic, discriminated against half the population, and is actually making life much more difficult for them. these are things tha
supports terrorism, which is pursuing a nuclear weapons program contrary to international norms and laws. so when the u.s. is negativing with iran, i think we should keep that in mind. and i don't think the united states officially wants to implode the iranian government or have the iranian government collapse or have the iranian government capitulate. i think our goals are pretty well combined. we want iran to stop enriching uranium to a higher degree that can be used for a nuclear weapon,...